We’ve been sharing our renovation journey for the past 10 years and the questions we get asked again and again are how to budget for home improvements and how much we paid for something (including our house). Money is a bit of a weird subject though, isn’t it? It feels like everyone is sharing amazing interiors with gorgeous (and expensive) furniture, renovations seem to happen at lightning speed and weirdly nobody seems to have any kind of budget restraints when decorating ... Read the Post
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Home Renovation Budget Tracker
The best way to keep track of your home improvement budget This ultimate home improvement tracker will help you stick to your budget and keep on top of all of your renovation costs. Imagine how it would feel if you could be in complete control of your renovation budget. This easy-to-use home renovation tracker will help you save time and money by keeping track of all of your building costs, expenses and investments in one easy-to-manage place. At just a quick glance... You’ll have ... Read the Post
How To Extend A Pax Wardrobe & Make It Built-In (Even As A Renter!)
If you’ve ever asked yourself if it’s possible to extend a Pax wardrobe so you don't waste the space over it or if you've wondered about the easiest way to turn your IKEA Pax wardrobes into custom built-ins you’re in the right place! We have the best IKEA wardrobe hack coming up for you! Oh, and did I mention that this Pax wardrobe hack is 100% renter-friendly, too?! This is what our Pax wardrobes looked like for the first few months after assembling them. They were full of ... Read the Post
The Easiest Way To Improve Your Interior Photography For Free Even As A Beginner
I’m giving away my interior photography secrets and you may be surprised at how we really create the light and bright images you see here on the blog and over on Instagram. After over 9 years of blogging it’s safe to say that we’ve learned a lot about how to improve our interior photography and if we look back at the photos we shared when we first started on our DIY adventures, I can’t help cringe at how bad they were. If you think I’m exaggerating, just take a look at this ... Read the Post
DIY Woven Leather Bench (+ A Video!)
We’ve got the bench bug. No, not the woodworm type - we just can’t seem to stop building them! You might have already seen our DIY dining room bench and our DIY outdoor sofa with hidden storage that we build for our small balcony. Well, we’ve just finished building another bench! This time we’ve built a DIY woven leather bench for our bedroom! We always try to keep our DIY projects as simple as possible and this DIY woven leather bench is no different. You only need one size of timber, ... Read the Post
How To Restore Wooden Windows
Last year didn’t quite turn out as we expected but one of the projects we did manage to start working on is restoring our period wood windows. It’s an absolutely epic task with a whopping 68 windows to strip, sand, repair and repaint. It honestly wasn’t a job I’d been looking forward to, especially as I calculated it would take me about 1.5 days of work per window. And, if you do the maths - that’s a solid 102 days of window restoration! If you have wooden windows in your ... Read the Post